Job Title

Conflict Advisor – Rwanda

Reports to

Country Director

Management Responsibility

None

Job location

Kigali-Rwanda

Grade

2.2

Contract Duration

1 Year renewable

International Alert

International Alert has been working for over 30 years with people directly affected by conflict to find peaceful solutions.

We believe in a world where people resolve their differences without violence and can build a more peaceful future for their families and communities.

We build a more peaceful world by collaborating with people from across divides to resolve the root causes of conflict, because everyone can play a part in building peace, every day.

We work alongside local communities, partners, businesses, and policymakers to turn our in-depth research and analysis into practical solutions and action on the ground.

And we bring together people from the grassroots to the policy level to inspire and amplify the voice of peace, because it is only together that we can achieve change. To learn more about how and where we work, visit www.international-alert.org.

Job Purpose

To provide tailored and context-specific support and accompaniment to the development, implementation and consolidation of International Alert (Alert) peacebuilding programmes in Rwanda. The Conflict Advisor (CA) plays a key role in promoting cross-learning within Rwanda Programme and its projects; in supporting analysis around development of programming in new areas.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Analysis and research

• Ensure that conflict analysis (CA) is conducted/updated regularly throughout the programme implementation cycles and support country office staff capacity building on CA.
• Design and ensure quality of research and analysis projects; undertake and/or supervise specific research and analysis where appropriate ensuring adherence to high standards.
•  Proactively identify and lead opportunities for cross-learning within the Rwanda  programme and the implemented projects.
• Maintain a watching brief on national and regional political developments and produce written updates.

 Programme Quality

• Provide support to Rwanda Programme and Projects teams in the development of new programmes, project ideas and proposals that are coherent with findings from analysis, research and evaluations.
• Provide conceptual and hands-on assistance to Rwanda Programme and Projects teams in their efforts to mainstream conflict sensitivity and related principles into programme design and implementation.
•  Support Rwanda programme and projects team with learning and programme development on different thematic areas, including among others youth and peacebuilding; peace-conducive economic development; gender mainstreaming; security governance; justice and human rights, natural resource management and climate change.
•   Lead capacity building efforts on thematic areas and technical areas related to peace and conflict for Alert Rwanda country office staff and implementing partners.

Representation and Advocacy

• Represent Alert at external events on peace and conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region, including to government, donor representatives, diplomats and external experts.
• Support the development of country and regional advocacy strategies in coordination with the DRC and Rwanda Programme Managers and Country Directors.
• Support the implementation of country and regional advocacy initiatives as necessary.

 External Services

•  Contribute to Rwanda Progrmme efforts to expand our consultancy and commercial contract portfolio by supporting new opportunity exploration and bid development, delivering Technical Assistance services and overseeing and coordinating delivery by Alert staff and external consultants.
•  Support the development of a strong network of external consultants with context-specific expertise by keeping track of lessons learned, performance and quality of deliverables.
• Support Rwanda office to identify and mobilise external technical experts for programme implementation and consultancies.

Others

•  Contribute to team-wide communications and knowledge management, and participate in organisation-wide events and discussions on related topics/projects.
•  Any other tasks as may be reasonably required.

Travel requirements

 Travel to different Districts of Rwanda and outside Rwanda, mainly in the Great Lakes region.

Person specification

Essential requirements

•  Masters Degree or PhD (desired) in relevant subject (Political Science, international relation, peace and conflict studies, sociology, Public Administration, etc.) or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable understanding of conflict and peacebuilding issues in Rwanda and Great Lakes region, their practical implications in specific contexts and the ability to engage a wide range of actors on these issues.
•  Strong experience in delivering conflict analyses and advising on the design and delivery of conflict and gender sensitive development and humanitarian programming in fragile contexts, particularly in the Great Lakes Region.
•  Sound knowledge and experience of conflict-sensitive approaches.
•  Substantial experience in conflict analysis, conflict sensitivity, peacebuilding training needs assessment, design and delivery to a variety or audiences.
• Significant experience in an advisory, research or training role for an international organisation, academic institution, government or NGO.
•  Strong familiarity with at the Great Lakes region context.
•  Experience in delivering capacity-building to colleagues.
•  Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of peacebuilding programmes.
•  Fluent written and spoken English and French.
•  Excellent report-writing, research, editing and oral presentation skills.
•  Excellent communication, networking and inter-personal ability.

Desirable requirements

•  Post-graduate qualification in relevant subject.
•  Experience in Project Management.
•  Experience delivering consultancies and/or commercial contracts with a variety of actors, including international organizations and private sector actors.
• Experience managing consultants.
• Fundraising and proposal preparation experience.